[Day: Wednsday, April 19th. Time: 3:30 p.m.] [You arrive at the stop nearest to Seiryuu Girl's High. Conveniently, Kyon and Katie arrive at the same time! Woo! The idea here is to meet with one Hiromi Nekotani. Sounds fun, eh?] [Session Start!] * Haruko nods to Kyon and Katie. "Hmm.." * Taki is so totaly there, and doing something passive while her player rereads the logs and tries to remember why they came here. * Haruko looks around for someone friendly looking to ask about our girl Hiromi. * Kaede looks on at Katie and Kyon casually. "So done with your secret cavorting, then?" * Kyon stalks over, and nods to Haruko tersely. "Got any idea what she looks like?" * Katie is a few steps behind Kyon. Darn him and his longer legs. She's looking around. Eriko just gave a name. [There's plenty of people to chose from, as school just ended half an hour ago. Most people stayed behind for clubs, but apparently one group finished early and is on its way out.] * Kaede then shakes his head. "There were no names in any reports." I figure I'll ask around, if that doesn't work, yearbooks. * Taki nods. * Haruko walks up to the group and smiles. "Pardon me, do any of you know where Hiromi Nekotami might be? " * Kyon nods quickly, but ignores Kaede. He watches Haruko impassively to see the reaction of the group. * Kaede looks at Haruko and remarks under his breath after she walks off. "Simple. May be effective. *That's* a first for Haruko." [The girls just happen to work in the yearbook club and are chatting it up about the yearbook when Haruko approaches them. They glance at each other and snicker a little. The one in the middle does the talking, just because it's convenient. "Hiromi? Why would you want to look for her?"] * Haruko smiles sweetly. "Oh, rumor has it she's got some rather impressive connections. Are the rumors wrong?" * Katie lets out a small breath. * Kaede looks away and whispers. "I see I spoke too soon." * Taki tries not to eye Haruko. [They glance at each other and snicker again. "Only if you count her goons. Last I heard, nobody wanted to hang around Hiromi."] [Another one adds between giggles, "Yeah, especially the guys."] Oh? Really? I haven't heard that part. Do tell. * Haruko smiles and sounds fascinated. How luck for her that she's come across such cool informed people. [The third one does the explaining. "Rumor has it big, tough Hiromi's looking for a boyfriend."] [The second one adds, "Yeah, and none of the guys will give her the time of day."] * Haruko tilts her head. "Not having much luck? Well, I suppose there's a lot of competition among her classmates. How's she look?" ( We can give her Satoshi, he's not seeing anybody and will date anything!) (Gee, thanks.) * Katie glances at Kyon. (Taki has more faith in him. RDM's internal editors are bouncing around his car.) ["Butt ugly," The third one says, and they laugh. The first one says, "Only on the inside, though. I guess she's okay looking." The second adds, "Probably the only reason the guys talk to her in the first place."] ( She's only got a ONE in Appearance. *GASP*) (Is Kyon close enough to hear this?) ( Hey, still better-looking than me. I've got a -2 or something.) (She's still better looking than Satoshi.) ( He can be! ) ( You all probably are unless you specifically said you're not :P ) * Kyon looks back at Katie, and nods quickly. There's a plan there. * Haruko laughs at the initial description. "So O.K. on the outside, ugly on the inside. And she actually has goons? Not guys I take? What girls would sign up to be goons?" * Katie get a tiny grin, but she squelches it immediately. * Taki is oblivious to the plotting going on as usual. * Kaede glances at Kyon but keeps his expression decidedly neutral. [They glance at each other. "Do you remember their names?" "No. Any idea?" "Beats me." They shrug in unison.] (They just have letters. Goon A, Goon B, Goon C) (They don't even have letters, they're just faceless background people.) * Kyon shoves his hands in his pockets, and looks around the schoolyard again. (Nah. They need letters so we can distinguish them from each other in the random encounter.) * Haruko gets a fairly wicked smile. "Well, it looks like what my friend told me about her was true. This dateless wonder sounds amusing. Know where I can find her?" [Kyon spots the track team. They're wearing those short shorts Japanese girls wear in gym.] (Bloomers) ["Probably at Shunyo." "Yeah, I think she gave up on trying to get a date at Tokugawa." "Bet she gets desperate enough for Serizawa by next week."] (But not desperate enough for us!) (We suck) Okay. How can I recognize her? * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly, and looks elsewhere. [Kyon spots a fat businessman across the street eating a sloppy joe.] * Katie spots him, too, and makes a face. ["Light blue hair parted down the middle. Can't miss her." "She thinks it looks good, but it just makes her look like a freak." "Not to mention how much it gets her in trouble at school."] * Kyon cocks his head, looks at him briefly, thinks for a second, and then looks for something more palatable. * Haruko rolls her eyes at the blue. "I'm not surprised. Well, thanks. See you around." * Taki looks down at her hair. ["Sure. Hope you find what you're looking for."] * Taki looks at her own hair and has memories of hair dye and being boring. * Haruko smiles sweetly and waves as she walks off. She walks over to the group. So, Shunyo?" I think so. * Haruko then waits to she if she's getting a ride there. ( And what's wrong with light blue hair?) ( It makes you a freak. ) ( And this is supposed to bother me why?) ( Gathering info here.) * Kaede lets out a long sigh. "You're lucky those girls enjoy teasing Hiromi more than they enjoy teasing you." [The girls move on.] If they enjoyed teasing me, I'd find different girls. [The guy across the street eats his sammich. Mmmm... fatty cancer- inducing American food.] * Kyon nods quickly. "Right. Can get over there easily." He cocks his head. "Know a lot about someone they don't like, though." The more you know, the more you can hurt them. ... They do pick on her. * Taki nods. * Kaede looks over at Katie. "You sound as if you speak from experience." Maybe they pick on her. Maybe they're afraid to. * Katie shrugs at Kaede. "Of course I do." * Taki eyes Kaede and then shakes her head. * Kyon shrugs quickly. "Know the people that can impact your life, then." He looks back towards his bike. * Haruko continues to wait to see if she's getting a ride. * Kaede nods to Kyon. "Why do you think I hang around you?" I always figured you just enjoyed his company. * Taki grabs Satoshi's arm and starts heading for the subway, mind if he doesn't want to move she's not going to be able to drag him very far. * Haruko smiles chipperly as she says that. * Kaede ignores Haruko. * Kyon shrugs, and nods tersely at Haruko. "What she said." He turns. "Come on." * Katie walks after Kyon. She doesn't wait to be invited. Ha! * Haruko walks swiftly to the bike as well and shoots a fairly catty look to Katie. * Katie rolls her eyes and stops, bows to Haruko, and gestures to allow her to go. * Kyon just keeps stalking towards the bike. If he's surprised to see Haruko there when he turns around, he doesn't say anything. * Haruko returns the bow with a grin. "Ever the lady." She then gets on the bike. * Katie turns and walks back. "" she comments. * Haruko whispers under her breath. "It can't sting if it's in english." [One spinning pentacle later, you arrive at the nearest subway station by Shunyo, under similar circumstances as when you were at Seiryuu] * Kyon parks the bike a block or two away from the gates, and stows his helmet before grabbing his bag off the side and stalking towards the gates. * Haruko tags along. * Taki walks to the school, and stays attached to Satoshi. * Katie trails behind the love(?)birds, hugging herself a bit and looking at the ground. * Satoshi lets Taki stay attached to him, but he's not really doing all that much himself. * Kaede looks after Katie with an awkward expression, but keeps three eyes focused on the school. * Haruko glances at Katie, thinks for a moment, and sighs to herself. She covers it quickly and doesn't make any additional comments. * Kyon looks over at the other group as they show up, then waits outside the door. He then says in a low tone, "So. Volunteers for being Prince Charming?" * Kaede looks at Kyon. "Really? You're not stepping to the forefront? I'm surprised." [It doesn't take too long to find Hiromi. A girl in a Seiryuu uniform is arguing with a Shunyo boy nearby the gate. The girl has the aforementioned light-blue hair, parted down the middle, which falls as far as her shoulders. ] [The boy is Hiroki Motobuchi, Izumi Motobuchi's brother (whom you may or may not remember from long ago). Helping to surround him are Goons A-B. I mean three other Seiryuu girls.] [It looks like quite an argument.] Not unless she's into bishonen. And nearsighted. ::Haruko pauses a moment to consider her chipper voice:: And hard of hearing. Huh... (Goon, GoonA, GoonB) * Kyon smirks at Kaede, and keeps his tone low, below the argument. "Can do it. Thought I'd see if you wanted a turn." ( You should let Kaede handle it. ) (Just what Kaede needs, another member of his heram) ( Dealing with angry girls is totally his schtick. ) (Kaede is the ladies' man!) * Kaede shakes his head. "One crazy girl is my quota, thank you very much." * Katie comments, still looking towards the ground, "I wonder why you picked up more than one, then." * Kyon shakes his head bemusedly, and in the same tone, "Sure this one is very sweet, underneath. Can get you some variety." * Kaede looks at Katie a moment. "Who else am I forgetting then?" * Katie points at herself. Masami Anjou. A senior on the baseball team. My brother knows him." * Kaede sucks in his breath and gets suddenly quiet before he says something he regrets. * Taki has nothing to add but limpetness. * Kyon regards Kaede coolly, then turns to look at Satoshi sidewise. "Not you, either?" (I'm not sure we've actually seen him in person yet. So we might not recognize him until a name is thrown.) I don't think it'd work very well. (Oh, but he plays for the hockey team. SO Satoshi might know him) (Well, he's a benchwarmer) [Looks like the conflict's getting a bit heated.] (Did we play their team this year?) (Satoshi and Taki rather.) * Katie sighs. "They're trying so hard to be tough." * Kyon looks over the two of them, blows out a breath, says something in Chinese, and then rolls his shoulders before looking at the argument. He pays more attention to try to figure out what it's about. (That's only if we've had a game. We've had a grand total of two) [Hiroki pushes his way passed them and heads down the sidewalk, in the opposite direction from you.] * Haruko glances to Satoshi. "Can you get a read on whether she's an Arcana?" * Haruko 's tone is quiet, but we seem to be out of normal earshot anyhow. [Hiromi stares blankly for a bit, then yells, "Oh yeah?! Well, screw you too, punk! You're a loser anyhow!"] (I'm assuming only Satoshi and Taki recognize him for now.) Which ones? [He doesn't respond, and once he turns the corner she slumps.] Do we know that guy? He looks familiar. Yeah, he plays for their hockey team. And I can try... What's his name? * Taki looks up at Satoshi. * Haruko nods at Satoshi's follow up. Um, something Hiroki. * Satoshi attempts to scan Hiromi. * Kyon shrugs quickly and leans down a bit to look at Katie while he waits for a response. Still in a low tone, he says, "" He smirks. * Haruko snaps her finger. "Soleil's brother. Wait, no, that's not right at all. Ah, Izumi's brother." * Katie looks at Kyon and responds, in an equally low tone, "" I'll try to talk to him. Don't think I'm a credible suitor. * Haruko walks past Hiromi, skirting her a bit, she walks swiftly and looks around the corner to see if Hiroki is still in sight. * Kyon glances sidewise at Satoshi. "" [They start to walk off. And Hiroki is still in sight around the corner, though some distance away.] * Kaede takes in a deep breath and pockets his hands, waiting for the english to die down. * Satoshi blinks a few times. "Yep. She's one of us." * Haruko pauses in her step briefly at the mention of Ryuji. Names she can get even in english. She didn't look back though and scurries after Hiroki. * Kyon nods tersely at Satoshi, then starts stalking behind the group of girls at a pace to overtake them before they get too far. [They're not walking too fast, so it's not hard to catch up.] * Kaede whispers over to Katie. "You've still got to tutor me in that." ( I suppose I should describe the goons... ) * Katie watches Kyon with amusement. "Give me a time of the week, Kaede." (You should, yes.) * Kaede steps back and thrusts his hands down in his pockets. "Like we ever have free time in a week." [Goon A is a vicious looking thing. She has short brown hair combed over one eye, thick eyebrows and an upper-lip that looks like it's permanently twisted into a sneer.] (Thick eyebrow, then? ^_~) [Goon B somewhat longer brown hair, a whooooooole lot of freckles and crooked front teeth.] [Goon C is a man. Well, no, technically she's probably female. But she's very tall, has a square chin, a large build and muscular arms.] [The latter doesn't seem to talk much.] [All things considered, Hiromi is the only one who's at all attractive.] (*Has Project A-Ko flashbacks.* That's Dee Brett.) (...curse you for beating me to that, Gryph.) (She's a man, baby!) ( Nah, she's not black. ) * Kyon makes his way alongside them, looking at Hiromi for a second before making his way a little bit past them. He shoves his hands back into his pockets. * Haruko continues to separately pursue Hiroki. [Hiromi's by and large complaining to her goons, who nod in assent at pretty much everything she says. "Really, what was I thinking? A third rate baseball player? Not good enough for the likes of me!"] * Taki stays with Satoshi, far enough back that they're none threatening, but close enough to help if something goes catastrophically wrong. * Katie walks after Haruko, probably to make sure she doesn't do anything too stupid. It's not like she can't hear what's going on with Kyon and company, anyway. * Kyon looks over at her quickly as he passes, then looks over at the guy who's going off, then back at her again, and slows down a bit. "You mean that guy there?" * Kaede looks at Hiromi, then looks at Katie, then decides Kyon can handle himself, Haruko can't. To Haruko. [Hiromi isn't paying attention and walks head-first into Kyon. "Ow! Hey, watch where you're going, you-" Her voice catches in her throat as she catches sight. "u..uh..."] * Kyon scowls for a second, then steps back and lets his face go cool and raises an eyebrow. "What am I?" [Her goons move in front of her. "Hey! what do you think you're doing?!" "Apologize to Hiromi at once!"] [They yelp as Hiromi smacks them on the back of their heads. She smiles at Kyon. "Ehehe... Don't mind them. Really."] [She glances at them, and anyone behind her group sees a glare that could kill small animals.] (Hopefully, there are no small animals behind her.) * Kyon rolls his eyes, and shrugs quickly. "Right. Should have moved more out of the way, anyway. Didn't mean to bump into you like that." [She shakes her head. "Oh, it's no problem! I'm fine. I'm Hiromi Nekotani, by the way. You might have heard of me? I'm pretty popular."] * Kyon nods at the name. "I think I have. Different school, but you sound familiar." He does a terse bow to her. "Kyon Sorata. Sakuragaoka." [She blinks. "Kyon Sorata?! Aren't you the captain of Sakuragaoka's baseball team?"] [Goons A and B exchange glances and edge slooooowly behind C.] * Kyon nods tersely. "Yeah. Going to do better this year." ["Oh yes! Sakuragaoka has a good track record, after all. You must be an amazing leader."] [Goon B pipes up, "Like our Hiromi! You two have a lot in common!"] [Hiromi swirls around and glares at her, causing her to gulp.] * Kyon cocks his head, and shrugs quickly. "Helps to have good teammates. Can't pitch well without backup. But I keep my people on track." ["Like a good leader should. Say, Kyon, do you have a... I mean are you g-... I mean... It just so happens that I'm not seeing anyone right now, if you'd like to get together."] * Kyon adjusts his bag against his back, and looks off to the side a bit. "Yeah? You're not? That's... well, hard to believe. Really?" * Kyon snaps and looks at her. "Because you're at Seiryuu, right? No guys there." [She giggles. "It is, isn?t it? But it's true, because... yeah, exactly."] * Kyon tugs his cell phone out of his pocket and checks the time before looking at her a bit pleadingly. "Don't have a lot of time now, but we could grab some coffee quickly and set up another time to meet for later. Work for you?" ["Oh, I have time! Let's go."] * Kyon flips his cell phone open and looks at his schedule. "You don't have time now to talk, you mean?" [Goon B: "But Hiromi, you said you didn't like coffee."] [Hiromi glares at her. "No, I didn't!"] [Hiromi smiles at Kyon, wrapping her arm around his. "Shall we go?"] * Kyon looks over the group quizzically before looking down at her again, making himself leave his arm where it is. "You planning on bringing all your friends with us?" [They looked ready to follow until she says, "Of course not." They stop kind of dejectedly.] * Taki looks up at Satoshi. "Uhm, do you..." * Kyon looks back at them over his shoulder. "Can get to know you all later. Don't take it the wrong way." (Were they still here? Really?) (They were standing a short distance away, I think. I kinda got distracted and never moved him. ^^;) ["They won't," Hiromi assures him.] * Kyon nods tersely, and looks down at her. "So. Got any favorite places? I know one nearby." ( As I understand it: -- S&T ------- Goons -- H&K -- ) (Yeah, that's a pretty good estimation.) ["Let's go there, then."] (Well, Satoshi and Taki can have a coffee date, then.) (Taki's going to ask Satoshi if he wants to go to the same place as soon as he notices she's trying to talk to him) * Kyon nods quickly, turns more to adjust his bag, and waves quickly at the group of three, plus his own group of two behind them. He starts to stalk off. "Not far at all. Found it after a game here once." [Hiromi stalks with him. "Oh, I see."] * Taki looks worriedly at Satoshi. "Satoshi?" Hmm? [The goons wait until Kyon and Hiromi are about a block away, then start to follow.] * Satoshi and Taki tail them as well. [And so Kyon and Hiromi are romantically tailed.] [Session End]